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Peter Nayland Kust's avatar

If now is not the time for violent revolution, when is?

How do we defend our liberty against violent men if we must forswear violence?

When and where do we draw that line?

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Bretigne's avatar

It's not that it isn't justified - just that it won't work. For multiple reasons, among them: That we are absurdly outgunned.

Maybe there is a legitimate and workable role for violence - certainly there is in self defense - but it's not "violent revolution."

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Peter Nayland Kust's avatar

The question is not whether it will work.

The question is what is the alternative?

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Bretigne's avatar

Yes, that IS the question.

I don't claim to have a perfect answer yet, but after asking this question for a few decades now, I believe that much of that answer lies in common law.

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Peter Nayland Kust's avatar

There is no doubt that the jury box is preferable to the cartridge box.

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JM's avatar

The answer is obsolescence and a complete dissolution of the sources of power. #bitcoinfixesthis

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Bretigne's avatar

❤️

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kkz's avatar

We crossed the Rubicon a long time ago.

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Doc Ellis 124's avatar

"What do you do when you recognize that the government that rules over you is illegitimate?"

how does legitimate apply to a framework through which folks rob folks to finance up-to-lethal assaults against folks by folks?

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Bretigne's avatar

I'm hoping the first question will lead to this one for many.

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David Rinker's avatar

Men definition: A once dominant species, now virtually extinct. The establishments war on men and boys has been purposeful, and highly successful.

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